1st Edition
Dictators and Autocrats Securing Power across Global Politics
Introduction. Dictators and Autocrats: A Global Phenomenon
Klaus Larres
Abstracts: 23 Dictators and Autocrats of Our Times
THE NOTORIOUS THREE
1. Joseph Stalin: Autocrat par excellence (The Soviet Union)
Hiroaki Kuromiya
2. Adolf Hitler: From Democracy to Dictatorship (Germany)
Eric Kurlander
3. Mao Zedong: Communist Party Dictatorship (China)
Covell F. Meyskens
PATHBREAKING AUTOCRATS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
4. Fidel Castro: From Grassroots Dictatorship to Communist Autocracy (Cuba)
Lilian Guerra
5. Augusto Pinochet: The Emergence of One-Man Rule (Chile)
Patricio Silva
6. Robert Mugabe: Ruthless Authoritarian who Preferred Democratic Clothing (Zimbabwe)
Richard Bourne
7. Joseph Kabila: the “Raïs” of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)
Charles Tshimanga-Kashama
8. Hugo Chávez: Was he an Autocrat? (Venezuela)
Gabriel Hetland
9. Lee Kuan Yew: Autocracy, Elections, and Capitalism (Singapore)
Michael Barr
21ST CENTURY AUTOCRATS – THE MAJOR POWERS
10. Vladimir Putin: Russia’s Neo-Patrimonial Façade Democracy (Russia)
Allen J. Lynch
11. Xi Jinping: The Rise of an Authoritarian Leader (China)
Johnny Erling
12. Narendra Modi: Elected Authoritarian (India)
Ian Hall
13. Donald J. Trump: The Authoritarian Style in American Politics (USA)
Klaus Larres
21ST CENTURY AUTOCRATS – OTHER INFLUENTIAL AUTOCRATS
14. Ali Hosseini Khamenei: Routinizing Revolution (Iran)
Kjetil Selvik
15. The Assad Dynasty: Quo Vadis Damascus? (Syria)
Moshe Ma’oz
16. Kim Jong un: Rise to Power and Leadership Style (North Korea)
Rachel M. Lee
17. Abd al Fattah al Sisi: The One and Only Egyptian Dictator (Egypt)
Robert Springborg
18. Prayuth Chan-o-cha: From the Barracks to the Ballot Box (Thailand)
Pasuth Thothaveesansuk
19. Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud: King in All But Name (Saudi Arabia)
Christopher Davidson
20. János Kádár and Viktor Orbán: From Communist to Post-Communist Autocracy (Hungary)
Andras Bozoki
21. Recep Tayyip Erdogan: From “Illiberal Democracy” to Electoral Authoritarianism (Turkey)
Howard Eissenstat
22. Rodrigo Duterte: Macho Populism and Authoritarian Practice (Philippines)
Nicole Curato and Yvan Ysmael Yonaha
23. Jair Bolsonaro: Beyond the Pale, Above the Fray (Brazil)
Andre Pagliarini
Biography
Klaus Larres is the Richard M Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as Counselor and Senior Policy Adviser at the German Embassy in Beijing, held the Kissinger Chair in International Relations at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, and was a Fellow at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) – German Institute for International Security and Affairs think tank in Berlin. Among his many publications are the books Churchill’s Cold War: The Politics of Personal Diplomacy; Uncertain Allies: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Threat of a United Europe; and Understanding Global Politics: Actors and Themes in International Affairs (co-edited).
